How do you pour on fabric?

We test everything you need to get a successful pour on fabric, including the best kind of fabric to pour on!
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud (Royalty Free Music) goo.gl/YmnOAx / • Video
Outtro theme: Butterflies in Spain by Souffle Art

[@ruthannmolyneaux478]

I have painted acrylics on cotton. I think we used some sort of medium, maybe GAC900. I love painting, stamping with all sorts of items, drawing lines, used metallics, used stencils, etc. We always ironed bigger pieces of cloth of painted fabric. The fabrics were gorgeous. We cut them into smaller pieces, sewed pieces together with the sewing machine to make quilt tops. I always liked making more abstract, art quilts for wall hanging. Just thought you’d like to know.

[@elizabethhutchings9534]

Such a helpful video! I really appreciated your thoroughness and the information. This will save me a lot of time in my next craft project!

[@jeannemckinney8543]

I discussed this very problem with a mica powder and pigment provider online. I was advised to mix the mica first with an acrylic binder medium such as GAC 100 (or Liquitex gel medium),(until it resembled the higher viscosity acrylic paint found in tubes. Then to treat it just was you would tube paint, diluting it with pouring medium and water until it was the right consistency. This has worked for me. This binds the mica powder firmly to acrylic particles and makes it miscible with the medium or with other paint.

[@SouffleArt]

Brilliant! Great info, thanks very much for the tips Jeanne!

[@TheCheriAnderson]

I loved the video very much. You did a thorough job covering a great subject.

[@jgurka2105]

Excellently designed and executed experiment! Thanks!

[@kelliefellows5445]

Thank you so much for giving this demonstration. This helps me out so much.

[@euniceappling7912]

Excellent, thank you so much. This is a great tutorial.

[@trish1anne]

Thank you so much for that experiment. I learned a lot.

[@ruthannmolyneaux478]

I enjoyed and learned from your experiments. I have made whole quilt tops where I painted on pieces of white silk organza without ironing. We were told to just wait two weeks for the paint to cure, so no washing for that period of time. We used Liquitex’s more fluid paint that comes in the little jars. After painting the little pieces we made a sort of mosaic picture or form with them. All the stitching was by hand in this class, and we didn’t have to worry about raw edges, the paint took care of that. More in the next comment.

[@st8ofconfuzzion]

Great experiment. I am wanting to try it on canvas and a billboard canvas I have.

[@ariesgirl3444]

Thanks for a great test, looks to me like the Fabric Medium and 100% cotton is the way to go.

[@kagedart9426]

Cool experiment, the results are interesting

[@SebasCoghi]

Thank you so much for this contribution!

[@lindadechow3703]

Thank you, this is very helpful. Very good video.

[@jeannejohnson6557]

Very scientific; nicely done.

[@felixartworld7626]

Thank you. You saved me so much time and paint with this demo. Actually I did a pour of acrylic paint and floetrol on denim. I did prep the denim with primer first and allowed it to dry. It came out nice. I have not washed it or put it through a test tho.

[@jessiebiehn6925]

How has it held up?

[@felixartworld7626]

@@jessiebiehn6925 I have not test it

[@xlauriestarchildstudios7777]

I gesso the fabric first then pour on it without a problem. Even used silicone for cells.

[@mimiprays8288]

Interesting tests... tfs.

[@ruthannmolyneaux478]

Sorry this is so long. Motor typing. Lol. I get excited by all the possibilities!!!!! Well you started it! What a great experiment! It never occurred to me to do it like that. Thank you! I’ll keep coming back, and promise not to write such long comments. Ha!

[@gottagift]

truly appreciate your results. I'm still in the "learning to crawl" stage and Elmer's school glue is the only medium i have worked with. Would you consider wetting any of those substrates to assist in the capillary action of you paint?

[@SouffleArt]

Yes, that would help! Elmer's / PVA glues seem to soak through well enough, but personally I haven't gotten results that I like with those. I'm not saying it's impossible, but fabric pouring has been one of the most difficult pouring styles I've tried so far.

[@foreverkenzie2397]

If you want it to stick on poly youd need an oil based paint as thats what the fibers will absorb while cotton is able to absorb much morr

[@AndreaStevens2012]

Great video! Thanks for sharing! :-)

[@gabbiesmeemee]

Hello I was wondering if you had ever tried denim fabric? Back in the 80s we painted on our denim jeans and our denim jackets. And come to think of it it was acrylic paint. After a couple years there was some wear and tear, but nothing drastic. But back then we didn't have the floetrol, this silicone, the glue all. Just curious to find out if those things would make it easier the paint more abstract designs like you would get on a dirty pour. Thank you take care and God bless Deb

[@SouffleArt]

I haven't tried denim, sounds like a fun experiment!

[@mayafigueroa8791]

Hi! I'm looking into doing t-shirts with the acrylic pour method, but I was thinking of trying to do only a contained square on the front of the shirt. I was just wondering if you'd recommend using a stabilizer or sew some sort of other backing behind the paint?Also for doing the pour on the tshirt, how you'd recommend to keep the back of the shirt from potentially getting soaked through paint all over it? Thank you for the awesome video and any tips you might be able to provide!!

[@euniceappling7912]

Great question

[@ruthannmolyneaux478]

What I really would like to try is to actually pour paint on some cotton and see how it behaves. Will there be cells? Who knows. Probably have to thin it a lot.I have been painting on a light weight (7 oz) unstretched canvas with a base coat of mediums with water. After it dried we could paint thinly on it using a wetting agent from Golden plus a lot of water. I hope we can stitch through it. I made a sample of three colors, light to dark. They are pretty, but will they work? I think so with a jeans needle - very big and tough.

[@SouffleArt]

Thanks for all the information about your previous experiments! From this test, and from playing with the liquitex medium a bit afterwards, I can confirm that cells are possible with this medium (and without silicone), but it is a little tricky. Next time I do a fabric pour, I'm going to thin the paint using extra liquitex medium, and maybe just a single drop of water. The mixture is just a bit too thick for my preferences, even thinned out at the recommended ratio from liquitex. Good luck with your stitching and future project ideas! Thank you for watching!

[@susanthompson6844]

Pro. Chem and Dye has. a pourable fabric paint. I have some but never used it to pour

[@jannatmubeen6831]

Amazing. Thank U for so good work. Do u sell these colours. I want to buy some

[@SouffleArt]

Thank you, I do not sell anything

[@estellepatella2520]

You NEVER put an iron directly on painted or freshly dyed fabric. You need to use a teflon ironing sheet or a piece of light weight muslin between the iron and the painted fabric.

[@higherperspective1756]

Would it have made any difference if the cotton fabric had been dampened first , or wet even , do you think ? So as to have allowed the paints to travel through the fibres and become absorbed/saturated more ???

[@dosteh4009]

Hello, great video! I was wondering what the name is of the paint you used for the second row on the right with the Liquitex fabric medium non-water? Thank you in advance :)

[@SouffleArt]

Thanks! These are all standard craft paints from the Craft Smart brand.

[@dosteh4009]

@@SouffleArt Thank you! Does that mean it can be done in combination with normal acrylic paint?

[@bernstyles]

I dig the muic in your vid! any chance you can tell me what it is?

[@SouffleArt]

Absolutely! I keep the music credited in the description of each video: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud (Royalty Free Music) goo.gl/YmnOAx / kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYvOh4aertV-na8 Outtro theme: Butterflies in Spain by Souffle Art

[@sylviabrown6127]

Sweet

[@giuliacholewczynski2694]

What were the ratios you used? 1:1?

[@gloriagiefer3013]

When you ironed you didn't put any fabric over the paint so it wouldn't have a direct contact with the iron, would you recommend doing this

[@SouffleArt]

Sure thing, it's always better to take extra precautions! Other folks in the comments were also helpful to inform me of better ironing procedure

[@kathyraper9455]

Did you gesso the cotton before you painted on it?

[@SouffleArt]

No gesso was used

[@SuperPyroshooter]

You can use wax paper with iron

[@meanbean98]

isn't the paint supposed to be thinned out? maybe I missed part of the audio... almost like spray paint very thinned out ...

[@SouffleArt]

Yes, the paints were all thinned as usual with different extenders to test how well they would apply to different fabrics

[@dlaina1977]

Genius idea. I was thinking of clothes, you had it down to a science.

[@judyconibear3169]

You should have pulled tape off before ironing

[@SouffleArt]

Appreciate the tip!

[@gloriagiefer3013]

Can this type of poor painting be done on t-shirts or something washable

[@SouffleArt]

I don't have any results for trying to wash the fabric. If you do pour on a t-shirt or other wearable item, I would recommend hand washing in cool water (at least the first couple times) to make sure the paint isn't in danger of crumbling off and getting deposited into a washing machine.

[@gloriagiefer3013]

@@SouffleArt I appreciate the input and suggestions thank you very much